Coast Guard Cutter Legare returns to Portsmouth homeport after 50-day counter-narcotics deployment
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest
The Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) crew transferred 19 suspected smugglers to federal agents at Port Everglades, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Dec. 7, 2020. The Legare crew patrolled the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of an enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential National Security Objectives.
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned to its homeport of Coast Guard Base Portsmouth Thursday following a seven-week counter-narcotic patrol in the Central Caribbean.
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns from Caribbean patrol
The Tampa took part in counter-drug and migrant interdiction operations, which included stopping a vessel carrying approximately 170 pounds of cocaine.
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard District 5
Fireman Lukas Kuehne, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, helps move drugs during a contraband transfer aboard the cutter on an unknown date. The cutter crew conducted a 57-day counter-drug and migrant interdiction operations patrol. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 3:36 PM EST December 12, 2020
PORTSMOUTH, Va. For the second time in as many days, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter returned to its homeport in Portsmouth, bringing its crew home in time for the holidays.
The Legare also participated in international naval and amphibious exercises off the coast of Manta, Ecuador.
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest
The Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) crew transferred 19 suspected smugglers to federal agents at Port Everglades, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Dec. 7, 2020. The Legare crew patrolled the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to disrupt the flow of drugs in support of Presidential National Security Objectives. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 10:15 AM EST December 12, 2020
PORTSMOUTH, Va. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare is back home after the ship returned to its homeport in Portsmouth on Friday.